"This afternoon held that special quality of mournful……" — Margaret Atwood
"This afternoon held that special quality of mournful emptiness I've connected with late Sunday afternoons ever since childhood: the feeling of having nothing to do."
More Afternoon Quotes
- We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part… — Anthony Bourdain
- 'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my… — Geraldine Brooks
- Growing up, I didn't have a lot of toys, and personal entertainment depended on individual ingenuity and imagination - think… — Terry Brooks
- I get satisfaction of three kinds. One is creating something, one is being paid for it and one is the… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
- The unconscious mind has a habit of asserting itself in the afternoon. — Anthony Burgess
- I try to devote my afternoons to making music in my home studio, but it's a lot more fun hanging… — David Byrne
- We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon. — Jimmy Carter
- France is the only place where you can make love in the afternoon without people hammering on your door. — Barbara Cartland
- On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done,… — Maya Angelou
- It took me seventeen years to get three thousand hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the… — Hank Aaron
- No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot… — Gilbert K. Chesterton